Using Twitter to promote low carbon at the Olympics

EDF tries to catch the Olympic buzz by using social networking.

Olympic message key for sustainability, says EDF

Power supplier EDF Energy says its clean energy promise for the Olympics will change the way people think about energy. Gareth Wynn, EDF Energy’s 2012 Group Director told ELN: “We’re providing an electricity supply for the Olympic park which is matched. Every unit of consumption at the Olympic Park will be matched by a unit […]

The Mega What?

Gareth Wynn from EDF tells ELN where the energy for the Olympics is coming from.

London’s kids are oar-some, says Sir Steve

EDF, the official partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, got school kids out on the water at the official rowing venue this week, with a little help from 5-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave. The ‘EDF Community Rowing Challenge’, run in partnership with London Youth Rowing (LYR), was a hotly contested […]

MINI E drives for London Olympics

MINI COOPER’s electric cousin is set to pick up a medal for its efforts in the Olympics next year – but it won’t be gold, it will be green. Thirty MINI E electric cars will join BMW’s official Games fleet for 2012. The MINI Es could produce 40% less CO2 than a typical petrol car, […]